Peter Finch

Actor

Born September 28, 1916 in South Kensington, London, England, UK. Died January 14, 1977.

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger.

Acting

Raid on Entebbe
Film, 1976
as Yitzhak Rabin
Network
Film, 1976
as Howard Beale
The Abdication
Film, 1974
as Azzolino
England Made Me
Film, 1973
as Erich Krogh
Something to Hide
Film, 1973
as Harry Field
Bequest to the Nation
Film, 1973
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Lost Horizon
Film, 1973
as Richard Conway
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Film, 1971
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Film, 1969
as Sean Howard
The Red Tent
Film, 1969
as Umberto Nobile
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Film, 1968
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Far from the Madding Crowd
Film, 1967
as William Boldwood
Murderers' Row
Film, 1966
as British agent (uncredited)
10:30 P.M. Summer
Film, 1966
as Paul
Judith
Film, 1966
as Aaron Stein
The Flight of the Phoenix
Film, 1965
as Captain Harris
First Men in the Moon
Film, 1964
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater
Film, 1964
as Jake Armitage
Girl with Green Eyes
Film, 1964
as Eugene Gaillard
In the Cool of the Day
Film, 1963
as Murray Logan
I Thank a Fool
Film, 1962
as Stephen Dane
Antony and Cleopatra
Film, 1962
as Antony
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Film, 1961
as Colonel Henry Derode
No Love for Johnnie
Film, 1961
as Johnnie Byrne
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Film, 1960
as Oscar
Kidnapped
Film, 1960
as Alan Breck Stewart
The Nun's Story
Film, 1959
as Dr. Fortunati
Operation Amsterdam
Film, 1959
as Jan Smit
Windom's Way
Film, 1957
as Alec Windom
The Shiralee
Film, 1957
as Macauley